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Ronald Reagan Remarks at a White House Dinner, January 25th, 1982. In the spirit of reconciliation, Ronals Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, spoke at a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House commemorating the return of the Senators and Representatives for the Second Session of the 97th Congress. 

"We might find ourselves at times in disagreement during the year ahead and I know that that might occassionally happen, I just hope we'll be able to do that without being disagreeable." 

Pictured here with President Reagan are Tip O'Neill, 47th Speaker of the House, D-Massachusetts; Howard Baker, Senate Majority Leader, R-Tennessee; James Wright, Speaker of the House, D-Texas, and James Baker, White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Treasury 

Bronze on Marble

Weight: 52 lbs

Size: 20 1/4" x 25" x 8"

Marble Base: 14 1/2" x 9 1/4" x 1 1/4")

Frederic Remington 1861 - 1909. Unsigned by Remington

1950's early Casting 

This piece is mounted on a beautiful solid square marble base.

Remington was one of the first artists to depict a galloping horse with all of its legs folded underneath as he showed with the Cheyenne using the buffalo cape to hold the horse up, he was influenced by a series of photographs by Eadward Muybridge in animals in motion published in 1881 were the first to capture the galloping horse in mid-stride.

The Cheyenne portrays a warrior galloping into battle on a horse in natural flight in mid-stride. 

In 1901 Remington suffered a serious fall from his horse. This fall landed him on crutches, his leg in a splint and foot elevated for several weeks. In spite of the bad situation the artist had been presented with, he continued to diligently pursue his current project, The Cheyenne.

The Cheyenne was an accomplishment of complete fluidity and grace that far surpassed any of Remington’s prior attempts to portray a horse in natural light. The Cheyenne was inspired after a photo that a high speed photographer captured. * Photographs by Eadward Muybridge in animals in motion published in 1881 were the first to capture the galloping horse in mid-stride." The Cheyenne portrays a warrior galloping into battle on a horse in natural flight in mid-stride.   The photo was that of a sequence of galloping horses. This left no doubt in Remington’s mind that the horses were indeed airborne in the sequence of each stride. Remington sought to accurately portray as much as possible the natural fluidity of which he knew well as an observer and rider. 

Regarded by Frederic Remington as one of his most challenging sculptures to create. " The Cheyenne " reflects Remington's desire to depict a horse in natural flight. Depicted at full gallop, all four of the horse's legs are seen off the ground, with its Cheyenne Indian rider holding a spear in his hand and balanced by the length of a Buffalo Robe. The Cheyenne is Remington in full mastery of his art.

This bronze was the first of Remington’s works to be entirely cast in one piece. He designed it so that the sculpture would be suspended in mid air, completely supported by the trailing buffalo hide robe.